The Frederick Golden Eagles Boys soccer team have been working hard during the pre season with a ton of summer camps, scrimmages, and countless practices as they aspire to try and make the playoffs for the first time since the 2020-21 Fall Season and the second time in Frederick History.
Soccer is a very popular sport that traces back over 2000 years ago in Ancient China, Greece, and Rome. It became extremely popular as it started to grow in England and Soccer would begin to reach the hearts of millions and billions of people and children around the world. Soccer is considered the most popular sport in the world, as it has billions of people around the world watching big soccer tournaments like the World Cup.
The Boys played their first game this Tuesday, August 22nd against the school’s rival Mead Mavericks. They started kickoff at 6:30 PM, and for the next twenty minutes, It would be two teams battling out like they were extremely hungry for the win. But the Mead Mavericks would be offered two penalties in the matter of 5 minutes. They would go 1 for 2 and take a 1-0 lead. The Mead Mavericks would go on and stun the Golden Eagles scoring 3 more goals in the last 10 minutes of the first half. It would be 4-0 at half, but this would not stop the Boys to keep on playing hard in the second half. Unfortunately they would lose 5-0 but the Boy still showed fight and never gave up.
Gavin Coburn is a sophomore at Frederick High School who has been on varsity for the past two years. He started playing soccer at the age of 3 and became in love with the sport immediately. Not only does he play for the Boys Soccer team but he also plays for the Colorado Rapids. Gavin Coburn started the first game against the Mead Mavericks, and had some thoughts after the game. He said “We could’ve given more effort after the first goal. We lost confidence and we should’ve kept our heads up and played harder. We could’ve improved on keeping possession as we kept losing the ball a lot, but we have to learn from this and move on to the next game”.
The Boys next game is against Longmont on Tuesday August 29th. The Boys are extremely pumped for this season, as they have been working hard every day whether it’s on or off the pitch. Best of luck to the boys for this 2023-24 Fall Season!
